ABSTRACT

Collection of 120 peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, held in Leiria, Portugal in September 2007. Essential reading for all those working on V&RP, focused on inducing increased collaboration between industry and academia. In addition to key

part |70 pages

Invited lectures

chapter |3 pages

State of the industry

part |105 pages

Biomanufacturing

part |85 pages

CAD and 3D data acquisition technologies

part |138 pages

Materials

part |88 pages

Rapid tooling and manufacturing

part |185 pages

Advanced rapid prototyping technologies and nanofabrication

chapter |53 pages

Virtual environments

part |55 pages

Collaborative design and engineering

part |62 pages

Applications